Workshop Gaming In Media Literacy Laatste

WORKSHOP GAMING IN MEDIA LITERACYBY HANZE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

GRONINGEN, THE NETHERLANDS

Bolivia:

Gabriel Capriles Flores

Greece:

Dimitra Panopoulou

The Netherlands:

Anja Brunekreeft

Laura ten Have

Marlous Hoogendoorn

Gerthi Oosting

Leonie Wijsbeek

"DON'T BOTHER ME, MOM -- I'M LEARNING”- M. Prensky

INDEX

Brainstorm session Classifications of Games Examples of Games Discussion Why use games to teach? Social Media Games Mobile Games Discussion

GAMING IN MEDIA LITERACYBRAINSTORM

Discuss what you think Media Literacy is. Time: 5 minutes

GAMING IN MEDIA LITERACYVIDEO GAMES – CORE

GAMING

Known for its history aspect Developed for pc’s, but mostly played on consoles

- Action games:- Role Playing Games

(RPG)- First Person Shooter- Third Person Shooter- Shoot em up

- Fighting Games

- Platform Games - Simulation Games

- Strategic Simulation Games

- Skill Simulation Games- Music Games- Sport Games

GAMING IN MEDIA LITERACYVIDEO GAMES – CASUAL

GAMING

Easy accessible – jump in and out on demand Played on PC, PDA and Mobile Phones

- 3 in a row

- search and find

- Time and Click – management

- Word games

- Board and Map

- Puzzle games

GAMING IN MEDIA LITERACYVIDEO GAMES – SERIOUS

GAMING

Designed for education, simulation, advertising or training

- Training: brain training games- Simulation - Advergames- Edutainment- Games-based learning (defined learning outcomes)- Edumarket games (combining

several aspects in serious gaming)

- News games- Simulation or simulation games- Persuasive games- Organizational- dynamic games- Games for health- Art games- Militainment

GAMING IN MEDIA LITERACYEXAMPLES OF GAMES – MY POP

STUDIO


STUDIO

What is My Pop Studio Creative play experience that strengthens

critical thinking skills about television, music, magazines and online media directed at girls

Four studios: Magazine Studio, TV Studio, Music Studio, Digital Studio

Free available online at www.mypopstudio.com, you have to log-in

http://www.mypopstudio.com/


STUDIO

Magazine studio


STUDIO

TV studio


STUDIO

Music studio


STUDIO

Digital studio


STUDIO

Share opinions


STUDIO

Creators Team of researchers Media professionals at the Media Education Lab Teams of girls

Why is this game necessary? Entertainment media, popular culture, product

placement, advertising, celebrity culture and online social interaction all have an influence on girls' social, mental, physical and emotional development

Recent study: today's children are not well-equipped to deal with the current digital media and advertising environment


STUDIO

Learning outcomes Understanding media messages How to behave in situations they have not yet

experienced. Recognize the power they have to make

effective choices about their media consumption behaviour.

Recognize that fashion magazines and advertising create impossible ideals and stereotypes that are unrealistic, unhealthy and undesirable in real life

GAMING IN MEDIA LITERACYEXAMPLES OF GAMES – GLOBAL

CONFLICTS

GAMING IN MEDIA LITERACYEXAMPLES OF GAMES – GLOBAL

CONFLICTS

What is it? series of games for students explore and learn about different conflicts

throughout the world 3D role playing games in a simulation set-up

What do you have to do: Narrtor of a journalist write articles Journalist will meet different people Mission of the game: form your opinion

GAMING IN MEDIA LITERACYEXAMPLES OF GAMES – GLOBAL CONFLICTS

Global Conflicts: Latin America (GC:LA – 2008) Conflicts across the region from Bolivia up to

the Mexican border.


Global Conflicts Palestine (GC:P) Global Conflicts: Palestine (2007) Conflict between Israelis and Palestinians


Global Conflicts: Child soldiers (GC:CS - 2009) Focusses on child soldiers in Uganda, human

rights and war crimes.


Global Conflicts: Sweatshop (GC:S) Journalist is in Bangladesh as a representative

of European leatherwear to investigation child labour in a tannery


Awards: Nordic Game Nominee (2008-2009) IndieCade Finalist (2008-2009) PcZone Indie Game of the Month award (2007) Children's software review (2007) KEK most creative product (2006)


GAMING IN MEDIA LITERACYEXAMPLES OF GAMES – THE WIKI

GAME

Objective of the game: You have to go from a starting Wikipedia article

to an ending article using only the hyperlinks within the articles

http://wikipediagame.org/

http://wikipediagame.org/

GAMING IN MEDIA LITERACYEXAMPLES OF GAMES – THE GAME

http://library.uncg.edu/game/newgame.html#

http://library.uncg.edu/game/newgame.html

http://library.uncg.edu/game/newgame.html

GAMING IN MEDIA LITERACYDISCUSSION

Should we use games to teach Media Literacy?

Why or why not? Which target group? In what kind of situation?

GAMING IN MEDIA LITERACYWHY

Why change the current way of teaching? Our learners have changed radically These learners need to be motivated in

new ways

Prensky: ‘Students are no longer the people our educational system was designed to teach.’


Why use games in education? Good game design is the key James Paul Gee (What Video Games Have to Teach Us

About Learning and Literacy): ‘Games are heavily motivating’

Computer can track choices of gamer

Effectiveness of games Multi-tasking Use of tools Experience


James Paul Gee: “It is more important to know how to learn proactively than it is to memorize a set of things once and for all.”


Ace of Mythology Search further They get interested Unintentional learning


Usage of games for teaching purposes Squire & MIT students and “Supercharged” The University of Miami and “Budgetball” HdM (Stuttgart) Summerschool workshop

“Intercultural Encounters” and “Ecotonos”

GAMING IN MEDIA LITERACYSOCIAL MEDIA

GAMES

Trends• Virtual worlds• Personalization

GAMING IN MEDIA LITERACYSOCIAL MEDIA GAMES

Trends System simulators Interesting missions


Trends: Donations as revenue Using friends gameplay data Capitalizing players

resources


Top 10 Facebook Games

1. Farmville2. Word challenge3. Mafia Wars4. Yoville5. Bejeweled Blitz

6. Zynga Poker7. Know-it-all Trivia8. MindJolt Games9. Restaurant City10. Biotronic

GAMING IN MEDIA LITERACYMOBILE GAMES

Requirements Easy to learn Interruptible Rich social interactions Take advantage Non explicit content

GAMING IN MEDIA LITERACYMOBILE GAMES IN 2006 –

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GAMING IN MEDIA LITERACYNETWORK

GAMES

GAMING IN MEDIA LITERACYDISCUSSION

What could be the effects of future games on Media Literacy?

Do you think that you will use gaming in Media Literacy surroundings in the near future? Why or why not?

What kind of games do you think will be useful to teach Media Literacy in the future?

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GAMING IN MEDIA LITERACY

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